*We gratefully acknowledge useful comments of Jan Marc Berk, Jaap Bos, Tijs de Bie, Peter van Els, Jakob de Haan, Jim Kolari, Clemens Kool, participants of the 60th International Atlantic Economic Conference (New York), the 34th Eurobanking Conference (Dubrovnik), the 2007 Erasmus Finance Day (Rotterdam), seminars at ABN-Amrobank, Free University, De Nederlandsche Bank, and Rabobank, as well as an anonymous referee.
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Is the Negative Relation Between Leverage and Historical Market-To-Book Specific to US and Information and Communication Technology Firms?†
Article first published online: 18 MAY 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2443.2010.01116.x
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International Review of Finance
Special Issue: FINANCING AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE: PART II
Volume 11, Issue 2, pages 227–243, June 2011
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BRUINSHOOFD, W. A. and DE HAAN, L. (2011), Is the Negative Relation Between Leverage and Historical Market-To-Book Specific to US and Information and Communication Technology Firms?. International Review of Finance, 11: 227–243. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2443.2010.01116.x
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- Article first published online: 18 MAY 2011
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